Machine for forming tumblers and other glass articles



Oct.- 8, 1935. A. N. CRAMER 2,016,360 MACHINE FORFORMING TUMBLERS'ND OTHER GLAVSS ARTICLES Filed Dec. s, 11953 4 sheets-sheet 1 Oct. 8, .1935. Y A. N. cRAMl-:R 2,015,360 I MACHINEy FOR FORMING TUMBLERS AND OTHR GLASS ARTICLES Filed Dec. '6,11955 l 4 sheets-sheet` 2j @y N 5i mlulrlwNw m. ww K QN v Fall/114 Oct. 8, 1935. -A N CRAMER MACHINE FOR 'FORMING TUMBLERS AND OTHER GLASS ARTICLES Filed Dec. 6, 1953 4 Sheets-Sheet I5 A. N. CRAMER MACHINE FOR FORMING TUMBLERS` AND OTHER` GLASS ARTICLES 4 Sheets-Sheet 4 ,.SLMP

Fi'led Dec. 6, 1953 jf gym-nto@ Patented Oct. 8, 1935 MACHINE FOR FORMING 'IUIVIBLERS AND OTHER GLASS ARTICLES f Albert N. Cramer, Toledo, Ohio, assignor,v by .mesne assignments, to Owens-Illinois Glass` Company, Toledo, Ohio; a corporation. of Ohio v j p Applicationneeembers, 1933, serial 16.701.108

11 Claims.

My invention relates to machines forY blowing tumblers and various other glass articles in molds and, more particularly, to machines of the type in which the charges' of glass are gathered 'by .5 suction from a pool or supply body of molten glass into a parison mold and the parisonslater transferred to finishing molds in which-they are further blown.

An object ofthe invention is to provide amachine of the character indicated in which the blank molds are mounted to rotate with a mold carriage about an inclined axis .and are `thereby periodically brought into position to gather their charges by suction from' the pool'of molten glass, the'pari'sons being transferred to finishing molds on a horizontally rotating finishing' mold carriage. A further object ofthe invention is to provide a machine in which lthe mold carriages are rotated continuously, in combination with a novel form of transfer mechanism by whichthe parisons are transferred from the parison molds tc the nishing molds.

A furtherobject of the invention is to provide a machine'by which tumblers of high quality may 4 be produced by the suction gathering method.

Other objects of the invention will appear hereinafter. In the accompanying drawings: Fig. 1 is a sectional elevation of a machine constructed in accordance with the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation of a modified form of, machine.

Fig. 3 is a top "plan view of the machine shown in Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a plan view of the `transfer mechanism.

' Fig. 5 is a part sectional elevation of the transfer, mechanism, the view being taken at the line v .,-v on Fig. 3.

' FigrS isa view similar to Fig. 5, but with the parts in a diierent relative position. Y'

Referring particularly to Fig.,1, themachie is mounted on a wheeled base or platform' I0. vA parison mold table or carriage4 I I is mounted on a stationary inclined column I2 for continuous rotation about the axis of said column. A finishing moldl table or carriage I3 is mounted on'a 55 to the linishing mold carriage I3. Motion is transmitted through gears I9, 2llfand 2| to the parison mold carriage IL The gearing is arranged to rotate the moldcarriages in opposite directions about their axes so that the adjacent portions of the carriages are moving in the same, 5 or approximately the same, direction.

A series of body blank molds 22 are mounted. on `the carriage II for rotation therewith and for up and down'swingng movement, eachsaid mold being carried at the outer end of an anni 23 10 which swings up and'downkabout a pivot 24 by which the arm is connected to the moldcarriage. The up and down movements of the molds `22 are controlled by a stationary cam track 25 sur-f rounding the column I2 and on which run rolls 26 15 carried bythe-arms 23. The charges of glassl Y are gathered from a pool or Vsupply body of mol-- ten glass within a tank or container v2l. Each' arm 23 carries a knife 28 and an air motorr 29: for actuating the knife'. 2i)v Each parison mold comprises, in addition tol the body mold 22, a split ring mold 30 above and in register with the body mold during the formation of a parison, the ring mold serving to form a bead, neck or finish on the upper end of the parison. 25 Each ring mold 30 is carried on a pair of arms 3I mounted to swing about a pivot pin 32 on abracket armV 36 bolted to the moldY table. The mold arms controlled by a stationary cam 35 mounted on the column I2.'

Aplunger 31 is mounted to reciprocate up `and down in a cylindrical head 39 mounted on or 35 forming part of the arm 35. The head 39 provides a vacuum chamber 38` in Which'the 'plunger operates and isY extended upward above said chamber to form an air pressure cylinder,`said chamber an cylinder` being separated by a partition 40 40. 'The stein of the plunger extends upward through the partition 40 Vand carries a piston 4I Working in said cylinder. l K

, A vacuum pipe `42 is connected through branch pipes 43, valvs 44 and pipes 45 to the vacuum 45 chambers 38. The exhaustion of air from the vacuum chambers` is controlled by a stationary cam 46 which actuates the valves 44. Air pressure is supplied to theV cylinders 39 above and below the` pistons`4l through pipes 41 and 48, re- .50

spectively, leading to valve boxes 49. The air pressure is supplied from a pressure pipe 50 extending through the column I vto branch pipes 5I leading to the valve'boxes 492v Stationary cams 52 and 53 operate through levers to open and close 55 the valves within the valve boxes v49 for controlling the air supply through the pipes 41 and 48, re-

f spectively.

The finishing mold carriage has mounted thereon an annular series of finishing molds each comprisinga body mold 55 and a split ring moldv |54.v Blowing heads 56 individual to the finishing molds are mounted on arms 51 to swing up anddown about pivots 58, under the control of a stationary cam track 59 on which run rolls 60 connected to the blow mold arms 51. Finishing mold bottoms B I are moved up and down by means of a stationary' cam 62 mounted on the column I4, said cam operating through lever and link connections 63 to lift and lower the mold bottoms.

The operation of the machine shown in Fig. 1 will now be described, by following particularly the operations in connection with a single parison mold and cooperating parts. The mold carriages are rotated continuously in opposite directions by power transmitted through the drive shaft I5. Each parison mold, comprising a combined body mold 22 and ring mold 30, as it travels over the tank 21 is lowered into sealing contact with the glass owing to the inclination of the carriage. The associated plunger 31 is at this time in its lowered position in which it'projects downward into the mold. As soon asl the mold makes sealing contact with the glass, the stationary cam 46-operlates to open the valveV 44, thereby exhausting the air from the chamber 38 and causing the mold to be lled by suction. As the finishing mold leaves the glass, the air motor 29 swings the knife'28 Iacross the bottom of the mold Vand severs the charge from the supply body.' As the mold will thecharge of glass therein approaches the transfer positionbetween the two mold carriages, the

- body mold 22 swings downward, leaving the bare parison P suspended from the ring 30. Before the parison reaches the transfer position, the plunger 31 is withdrawn by means of air pressure supplied beneath the piston 4|'under the control of the valve actuated by the cam 53. When the parison reaches the transfer position, which may Vbe directly between and in line with the axes of the mold carriages, the transfer ring 64 closes about the parison. At the same time, the ring 38 opens, releasing the parison so that it drops to a 'the parison in the finishing mold. The air pres- V'sure line comprises a piper 85 within the column I4 and branch pipes 66 leading therefrom to the hollow pivot shafts 58 and Vfrom said shafts through the arms 51 to the blow heads. After the article has been blown in the finishing mold, the blowing head is lifted by its cam. After this, the transfer ring 64 operates in the manner hereinafter described to transfer the blown article. from the mold to a conveyor.

Figs. 2 and 3 illustrate a modified construction in which the body blank molds 22 have a xed mounting on the mold carriage I I, being Vattached thereto by means of bracket arms 10. In this; construction, the ring mold 30 and plunger cylinder' 39 are mounted on a supporting frame orhead 1I which is slidable up and down in guldeways 12 Vformed in a frame 11 on the mold carriage. The

guideways 12 and axis of the corresponding parison mold are parallel, both being preferably inclined to the axis of the mold carriage at such an angle that when the parison mold is in 5 charge gathering position the mold and guides are' substantially vertical. f p

The mold carrying head 1| is lmoved up and down relative to the mold carriage under the control'of a stationary cam 13 mounted on the 10 center column I2. The cam operates through a pair of lever arms 14 and 15 mounted on a pivot pin 16 on the bracket 11. The arms 14 and 15 are yieldingly held in a predetermined relative position by a coil spring 18. The lever 14, 15 operates 15 to lift the head `1I and with it the plunger and its cylinder 39 after the parison has been formed in the mold, thereby withdrawing the parison P from the body mold 22. As the ring mold 30 with the bare parison suspended therefrom, ap- 20 proaches lthe transfer position and whileheld at the limit of its upward movement, the lever arm 14 is given an` additional movement about its pivot, compressing the spring 18 and forcing a wedge 19 carried thereby, between pivoted arms 25 which carry the sectional ring 38, thereby opening said ring and releasing the parison to the transfer ring 64. y

The parison transfer mechanism will now be described. Transfer devices individual to the fln- 30' ishing molds 55 are carried on the nishing mold table I3. Each said device comprises a horizontally disposed transfer arm 8| mounted for up and downmovement on a post 82 and also for horizontal oscillation about the axis of said post. 35 The post is fixed to the mold table. The arm 8| is fixed to a bearing sleeve 83 mounted to oscillate on the post 82 and also slidable up and down Von the post. The means for oscillating the arm 8| includes a yoke 84, the lower end of 40v which is journaled on the post and the upper end of which has a splined connection with the sleeve 83, permitting said sleeve to'move up and down therein but causing the sleeve to turn with the yoke when the latter is rocked or oscillated 4,5.

about the axis of the post. Rockingmovement is imparted to the yoke by means including a link 85 pivoted at one end to the yoke and at the Y other end to a slide block 88 (see Fig. 3) which is mounted in guides 81 for sliding movement in 50 a direction substantially radial to the mold carriage. The movements of the slide block 88 are controlled by a stationary cam track 88 formed on the lower yface of a cam plate 89 fixed to the center column |4. A cam track 90 on the upper 5s face of the plate 39 controls the up and down movements of the transfer arm through mechanism including a slide block 9| mounted to reciprocate in guides on the block`81. A link 92 connects the slide block 9| with a bell crank lever 60 93 pivoted at 94 on a bracket 95 bolted to the table I3. 'I'he free end of the bell crank 93 i8,

forked to straddle a pin 98 on a. collar 91. Said .collar is mounted on the lower end of the sleeve' 83, the latterbeing free to rotate in the collar. 65

|02 anchoredat one-ende@ the slide *plate |00 and at its other endtogthe pivot pin `98. A pair 'of links `|03 arepivotedat'their -opposite'ends `respectively to the slide plate and to a yoke |04 having ahorizontal pivotl|05 at they upper end of an arm |06 extending upwardly from the transfer arm 8|.` A stop |0|fixedto the upper end of the post 82 is positionedin the path of the inner endof the yoke |04 and engages thetlatter when the arm 8| is lifted as shown in Fig. 5, thereby rocking the yoke |04 and throughthe links |03 moving the slide |00 against the tension of the springv |02, thereby opening the ring 64.

The operation of the .transfer mechanism may be described asffollows: As a parison` P carried by the ring 30 approaches the-transfer position between the mold carriages, the corresponding transfer ring 64 is brought by the finishing mold carriage-into position to straddle lthe bare-parison, thev transfer arm 8| at this time being held inits outward position Vby means of the cam 88, as shown in Fig. 3. preaches the transfer station is held by the cam 90 in its uppermostposition so that the transfer ring 64 is held open by thestop |01. As the transfer point is reached, the cam ilfoperates to lower the arm 8| a short distance, permitting the spring |02 to close the `transfer ring 64, the ring 30 at the` same time being opened to release the parison sothat thev latter dropsv into the closed ring 64 andiis supported by engagement` of said ring with the bead on the upper end of the parison. The camr88 now operates through the` link 85 to rock the yoke 84 and thereby swing the Y transfer arm inward about the postA 82 `sothat the parison is brought to a positionabovethe body iinishingmold 55. The armil in this inner position is now lowered untilit rests on themold 55'with the parison positioned in the mold. The blowing `head 56 is then lowered by its lScam, 59 so that itrests upon the ringe andoperatesto blow the parison in the finishing mold compris@` which the transfer arm operates to transfer the blown article B to a conveyor |08, This transfer operation comprises lifting of the arm 8| by means of the cam 90 to an intermediate position, thereby lifting the article B out of the body mold 55. The cam 88 then operates to swing the arm 8| outward and carry the suspended article outward beyond the mold table. This movement together with the rotation of the mold table brings the article to a discharging position over the conveyor. As the article is brought to this position, the arm 8| is given a final upward movement during which the stop |01 operates to open the ring 64, thereby releasing the article so that it drops onto the conveyor.

In order to assist the transfer armin lifting the blown'article from the mold 55, the latter may be provided with a vertically movable bottom |05. This mold bottom is lifted by means of a stationary cam ||0 operating through a lever link ||2 and bell crank H3, the latter con-.- nected through a link to the stem ||4 of the mold bottom. TheA cam 1|0 may be designed to 'lift the mold bottom concurrently with the lifting of the parison by the transfer arm, thus releas-v ing the article fromA the mold if there is any tendency for it to stick therein, and supporting the article during the lifting movement so that distortion is prevented.

The transferir-arm as'it ap- Y Modifications -may' be resorted to the spirit and :scope of my inventim.` l

WhatIclairxifis:v.` 1. The combination of Va container forV av pool i of molten glass, a moldcarriage, a parisoh mold 5 thereon comprising a bodylmoid and a ring mold above and Vin register with the .body mold, means for rotating the mold carriage about an inclined Y axis and thereby'bring'ing the `parison mold pe riodically over the pool and'loweringit to a 10 having aA fixed position on the moldcarriage, a 2011 container fora supply body of moltienglass, means for rotating the mold carriage about an axis inclined toward the container and thereby bringing said molds in successionover the containerfand llowering them' to a gathering posi- 25` Y tion, means for filling the molds by suction,'and means for withdrawing theparisons formed in the molds; i 3. The combination of a Amold carriage, an anfnular series of body molds mounted thereon, each having a iixedposition on the mold carriage, a container for a vsupply body of molten glass, meansV forrotating the mold carriage `about; an axis inclined toward the container and thereby bringing `said molds -in succession over vthe container and loweringthem to a gathering position, meansfor filling the molds by suction, ring molds individual to the body molds and movable `into register therewith' tolform parison molds,and

. means for withdrawing the ring molds in an up- 40 ward direction and l thereby withdrawing t the parisons from the body molds. i 4. The combination of a mold carriage, an annular sexies of body molds mounted thereon, each having a fixed position on the mold carriage, a

container for a. supply body of molten glass, means for rotating the mold carriage aboutan inclined axis and thereby bringing said molds in succession over the container and lowering them to a charge gathering position, means for 5. The combination of a mold carriage, an 30 annular series of body molds mounted thereon, each having a fixed position on the mold carriage, a container for a ksupply body of molten glass, means for rotating `the mold carriageand bringing said molds in succession to a gathering position over the container, means for filling the molds by suction, ring molds individual to the body molds and movable into register therewith to form parison molds, means for rotating the mold carriage` and bringing the parison molds in succession to a charge gathering position over the supply bodyfof glass, means for drawing charges of glass by suction into the molds, a stationary cam, levers individual to the ring molds and actuated by said cam, operating connections between the levers and ring moldsrfor liftlngthe ring molds andtherebyV withdrawing the parisons from thebody molds, and means actuated by said levers for releasing the parisons fromrthering molds@ 6. 'I'he combination of a` container Vfor `a pool of molten glass, a'fmold. carriage, a solid or non-split mold on the carriage, means for rotating the carriage about an inclinedY axis fand thereby bringing the'mold periodically to a gatheringposition over the glass in the container, meansior drawing a charge of glass by suction Y into said mold, means cooperating with the mold tainer. A 8.7The combination of a mold carriage, means Vto form aparisonVand means to `withdraw the parison in an endwise direction from'said mold.

, 7. The combination of a container for a pool of molten glass, a mold carriage, a solid ornonf` split mold Von thev carriage, means for rotating the carriage about an` inclined axis and thereby bringing the mold periodicallyfto` a gathering position over the glass in the container, means `for drawing a chargeof glass by suction into said mold, means cooperating with the mold to form a parison, and means forwithdrawing the bare parison upwardly from the mold while the latter is at a position remote from the saidy confor rotating it, a mold, an arm carrying the mold, said arm and mold being connected to rotate with the carriage, means for swingingsaid Yarm and mold up and down on themold carriage, a container for a supplyrbody of molten glass, said mold being brought'by the rotation the free end of said' arm and canied Voirer the container ask-the mold carriage rotates, means for swinging said arm up and down about its pivot. said arm .and mold being heldin their Vupwardposition relative Vto the carriage while the mold is passing.over the said container, means for 'drawing a` charge of glass by suction into the mold, and a knife and knife operating: mechanismmounted on said arm and operable l to sever the glass in rthe mold from body. Y

v 10. Thecombination of a container for glass. AVa mold carriage mounted for rotation about an inclined axis, an armpivoted at one end to lthe mold carriage,a gathering mold at 15 Y* the freerend of said arm andcarried-over the container-as the' mold carriage rotates, means `for swinging said arm up ,and down about its` pivot, said armiand mold being: heldinV their upward position relative to thevcarriage ywhile 2o the mold ispassing over the^said container, j

vmeans for drawing-a charge of glass by'suption into jthe mold and formlnga parison therein. and means for supporting the parison and causing the` mold asitlswings down to be withdrawn from the parison. g

11. VThe combination of e.` containerfor molten glass, `a mold carriage mounted` for rotation about an inclined axis, an arm pivoted at vone end to thermold carriage, a gathering mold at the free` end of said armand carried rover' the container as the mold carriage rotates, means forswingingfsaid arm upv and down about its pivot including a stationary cam track, said tracl-rV arranged. to hold the mold in its upwardly swung position-while it travels over the said container, means for introducing a charge o! glass i by suction into the mold Vfrom theisupply bodv in the container, means'cooperating with the mold to form a parison therein and means for 40 supporting the parison while said arm and mold swing downward away from -the parison.

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